Russia-Ukraine Reports - 2023-09-13
Photos have appeared from the Odessa region, where the Geranium UAV attacked targets in the port of Reni tonight
As a result, significant volumes of NATO fuel and cargo were destroyed. The impacts hit port sites and infrastructure.
Ukrainian soldiers give up … after they realize they have no chance. Good choice! -> Look how confident they just walk out and lie down … knowing that they’re safe! Great!
https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1701727205745717270
Ukrainians blown to pieces - unclear whether they were handling something or if it was a very accurate mortar hit
https://twitter.com/narrative_hole/status/1701745373214019960
Elon Musk on the request from the Ukrainian Government to turn on Starlink in Crimea: “We figured out that this was kind of like a Pearl Harbor like attack...So they really asked us to proactively take part in a major act of war”
https://twitter.com/alx/status/1701656123709722660
A provocateur from #German state TV channel ZDF called #Donbass people "sub humans" during an interview with journalist Alina Lipp.
https://twitter.com/MatreshkaRF/status/1701675373707055106
A drone of the Marines of the 40th Pacific Fleet brigade filmed an unsuccessful rotation of more than a dozen Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers near Novomayorsky . The British MRAP Mastiff landed the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry and immediately took another group for evacuation. The artillery and tank of the 40th brigade worked along them all the way, after which the Mastiff, loaded to the brim with enemy infantry, ran over a mine or fell under the target of artillery.
https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1701623864340443340
View from the Kremennaya frontline
https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1701379195312411035
The attack on Sevastopol involved 10 Storm shadow cruise missiles, 7 were intercepted while three hit the ships in the dry dock.
Another redline and clear escalation that’s going to look like it’s being absorbed by Russia… again. When missiles and drones start falling on energy infrastructure this winter everyone will cry that Russia is a terror state but Putin will just point at any of many “imaginary red lines” as justification for any action he takes.
I wonder if they think a landing ship and submarine in dry dock will be the straw that breaks Russias back? I also wonder if they just don’t care because the infrastructure strikes are already coming and this little copium hit will sustain them for another week.
https://twitter.com/squatsons/status/1701931776489501095
This is the American spokesperson for the Ukrainian territorial defence forces.
In a politically polarised world we are told that we must fully support one side or the other. Yet, it is possible to sympathise with the suffering of Ukrainians without pretending this is normal
https://twitter.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/1701941709075042306
UKRAINE: Zelenskyy is suing American defense contractors for failing to supply weapons to Ukraine. Will he sue Elon Musk next? Joe Biden? Isn’t it time to sue for peace instead? Link
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1701982347791323604
As a result of shelling in the Kiev district of Donetsk, an apartment building was damaged: a balcony was destroyed, windows were broken, furniture was broken.
A man died from another attack by Ukrainian nationalists, and a woman was also wounded.
#source (https://t.me/smotri_z/19700)
Voin_DV:
So, tomorrow will be like a week since the beginning of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attempts to take Novomayorskoye . We do not know the enemy's original plan. Did the Ukrainian General Staff really want to occupy the village or was it a diversionary strike for an attempt to break through in another direction, but if the first option, then we can state the complete failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in this direction based on the results of the first assault attempts. Only on the first day the enemy lost up to a company of manpower and equipment, gradually the size of losses confidently reached at least the battalion level. The enemy will definitely find reserves for a couple of weeks of such assaults; he has at least 2 more marine brigades and a number of other formations here, and has a serious numerical superiority. But if he doesn’t change anything in his tactics and simply transports manpower with MRAPs to, frankly speaking, not particularly equipped positions northwest of Novomayorsky , the result will not be different. Unless our forces run out of artillery shells and will have to take up the rifle.
Such tactics do not work against the 40th Guards brigade of marines, which went through Popasnaya , Berestovoe , battles in the Ugledar direction and other difficult battles of this war. In addition to experience, the brigade can boast of well-established interaction not only within its units, but also with its neighbors - units of the Cascade OBTF , the 30th Artillery Brigade and the 200th Artillery Brigade (according to the Marines, the 200th worked very well yesterday and today). All this works like a well-oiled mechanism. Surely there are other units who are actively involved in repelling attacks on Novomayorskoye , but we are not in touch with them and cannot fully assess the whole picture.
"Cascade" accurately works with FPV drones, every day reaping the harvest of both manpower and armored vehicles of the enemy, and very harshly attacks the enemy with drops, mines and ATGMs. You could evaluate the work of the artillerymen yourself on our channel. The success of this entire military organism, the cornerstone of which at this time and place is the 40th Guards , is also ensured by the regular operation of the UAV, which allows 24/7 to punish the enemy for any careless movement. The servicemen of the 35th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot withstand such pressure and are already beginning to surrender in whole groups; radio interceptions show a picture of complete despondency and hopelessness in the ranks of this idiot.
Interestingly, this is not the first time that the Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has broken its teeth against the Kamchatka Guard and the Cascade . On June 5, a company of the 2nd battalion of the 37th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received zvizdyuli from them during an attempt to break through to Novodonetskoye . Yes, it got so bad that the rest of the battalion refused to advance further. Then the trophies of our forces were 19 pieces of equipment (all these AMXs, Oshkoshs, Mastiffs and other MRAPs), which, they say, can be seen in some museum near Moscow. And now, north of Novomayorsky, you can count two dozen destroyed units of NATO armored vehicles.
I repeat that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine could well have deliberately destroyed this brigade against one of the experienced and combat-ready brigades of the Russian Armed Forces, reinforced with artillery and tough miners from the “Cascade” only in order to either exhaust our forces in this direction and later put even more pressure . Or they simply decided to distract from another direction in this way.
PS
The heroes from "Storm Z" of the 40th Brigade , whose exploits in Urozhainy are already immortalized in the form of a graphic novel by Comrade Rybar, are showing themselves excellently in the current battles.
https://t.me/SLGmaps/343
#source (https://t.me/voin_dv/4897)
Battles near Kremennaya: the “🅾️” group inflicts fire on the enemy
➖In the Torsk sector, artillery covered a large group of enemy infantry, which was moving towards the front line (apparently for reconnaissance purposes). Several militants were killed and wounded.
➖In Serebryansky forestry, the enemy attempted to attack our units.
Early in the morning, about 50 militants moved towards our positions with the support of three armored vehicles, but were met with heavy fire, retreated and dispersed into the forest.
💥In addition, our artillerymen disrupted the transfer of Ukrainian troops to forward positions, covering them with fire.
#source:
https://t.me/RVvoenkor/52998
Wagner’s banner flies: Ukrainian Armed Forces militants showed footage from the center of Kleshcheevka
The fact is that enemy has been entering the center of the village for about a month and a half now; several times they were held back by our counterattacks.
Now most of the settlement is in the gray zone, Russian troops hold the northeastern part.
#source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/52990?single)
It all started with information dumps. In which the command of the Armed Forces itself believed. Having decided to consolidate these fakes with real successes, they sent an entire battalion of Marines to take Opytnoe. They fought for several days. All to no avail. As a result, it all ended in unnecessary losses, including prisoners.
Now the fried unit is not a combat unit and has been withdrawn to restore combat effectiveness (replenishment).
We hope that for this mediocrity of the Ukrainian fake-throwers and the Ukrainian commanders who killed almost a hundred of their own people, someone will be impaled.
#source:
https://t.me/beardtim/12994
Nebenzya : The nervousness of the Kiev clique is understandable: despite the fact that the level of support for Ukraine by its Western sponsors has reached an unprecedented level, this country has nothing to back it up with deeds. We have already talked about the so-called "counter-offensive", which is suffering an obvious fiasco. "The equipment supplied to the Kiev regime, including the praised American Bradley armoured personnel carriers, German Leopard tanks and British Challengers, is burning with a blue flame.
By the way, we would like to suggest to our British colleagues the need to update the information on the website of your Ministry of Defense. It is still stated there that not a single Challenger has been destroyed on the battlefield - at least two of them have already been hit in Ukraine, 12 are still rolling around somewhere, but the same fate awaits them. Just like American Abrams or F-16s.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/62922
❗️ Sevastopol came under a missile attack. As a result, 24 people were injured, four of them in moderate condition.
A fire occurred on the territory of the southern site of the Sevastopol Marine Plant. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported ten missile strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the marine plant.
#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/28497)
❗️ Ukrainian sources write that this video is from Reni, a Danube port in the Odessa region, which was hit by a massive air strike at night
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/168785)
➡️ Farmers (Ukrainians) are not giving up attempts at terrorist attacks.
Tonight, the AFU launched a strike with ten cruise missiles at the ship repair plant named after. S. Ordzhonikidze in Sevastopol and three unmanned boats - each from a detachment of ships of the Black Sea Fleet.
Air defense systems shot down seven cruise missiles, and the patrol ship Vasily Bykov destroyed all unmanned boats. As a result of being hit by enemy cruise missiles, two ships undergoing repairs were damaged.
➡️ The enemy got much more.
Explosions sounded in the temporarily occupied part of Kherson - Russian artillery struck targets on the right bank of the Dnieper. Geraniums worked in Sumy, the ports of Reni and Izmail. Even crests recognized “powerful vibes"
#source (https://t.me/negumanitarnaya_pomosch_Z/10396)
The Czech minister of justice Vladmir Repka said they will not extradite men to Ukraine in accordance with the European convention, which excludes extradition for war crimes - evasion of military service, desertion, disobedience to orders, etc.
But he also said this:
“HOWEVER, in a particular case, this will not depend on legal qualifications, but on the actual behavior for which the Ukrainian judicial authorities will ultimately file a request for the extradition of a particular person,”
Which means: they follow international law when they want to, and they are ready to break it if Ukraine asks politely.
If you are Ukrainian and in Czech Republic, get your ass ready to move.
Source (https://t.me/stranaua/122451)
The situation in the South Donetsk direction as presented by Voin DV
▪️At the Vremevsky site in the Novomayorsky area, the night passed relatively calmly. The enemy, it seems, will not give up attempts to break through in this direction and is now actively regrouping. Early in the morning, at dusk, a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry tried to quietly, without equipment, reach the front line, but 3 km before the outskirts of Novomayorsky they were discovered and scattered by artillery. The enemy's heavily thinned advanced forces were again left without reinforcements. During the night, the artillerymen of the n-howitzer division did an excellent job on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction; the Marines express respect for their work, fast and accurate.
Having not achieved success in these days in Novomayorsky, the enemy tried once again to advance west of Novodonetsky yesterday. He advanced without the support of armored vehicles, acted with foot units along forest belts, and was promptly opened and covered by the artillery of the 36th Army.
North of Priyutny the enemy again tried to attack in small groups, but was unsuccessful. Suffered losses of up to 6 militants.
▪️In the Ugledarsky sector, the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Ugledar to Novomikhailovka again suffered from artillery fire. The enemy responds by firing at our positions along the Pavlovka-Vladimirovka line.
#source:
https://t.me/voin_dv/4904
🔴 Urgently
The Crimean Bridge is closed to traffic.
Missile danger!!!
#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/28518)
Boris "Colonel Cassad" Rozhin:
In the Orekhovsky direction on the morning of 09/13/2023
1. The Pyatikhatki area remains unchanged - here the enemy’s offensive has virtually fizzled out. The village was never taken by the enemy after more than 3 months of fighting.
2. Rabotino-Verbovoe district - the situation remains unchanged. Most of Rabotino is in the gray zone. Ours are sitting near the southern outskirts, the enemy is sitting in the north of the village and in the school area. Verbovoe and the heights between Rabotino and Verbovoe are under our control. At night and in the morning, ours repelled sporadic infantry attacks. It is reported that heavy FABs with UPMK regularly arrive at the identified enemy, which hinders the enemy’s offensive activity. By mid-September, the enemy had not solved the problem of a breakthrough between Rabotino and Verbov.
In general, the situation is controlled by our troops; the enemy cannot realize its operational plans, despite heavy losses in people and equipment.
Of course, we also have losses, but they are disproportionately less than the enemy’s losses.
#source (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/97361)
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Why does the Ukrainian Directorate of Intelligence need empty gas production installations ?
Today, the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate published footage of an assault landing on gas production installations (GDU) west of Crimea , loudly declaring control over them. However, this video has no relation to real facts and is intended to raise the morale of its own audience.
🔻By all indications, the materials were filmed back in the moments of past attacks of Ukrainian DRGs towards Crimea, most likely in the very first relatively successful attempts, when the enemy struck the S-300 air defense system at Cape Tarkhankut and landed at Olenevka .
Judging by the video, members of the GUR landed on the platforms, filmed a video with the flag and immediately left the gas production installations. There is no talk of any control over them, given the constant patrolling of the zone by Russian pilots and the fact that yesterday’s group of boats was defeated 100 km southeast of Odessa - they cannot get close to the main control station.
❗️But we will explain the interest in empty GDUs by their location - if you look at the map, then when moving from the Odessa region, you get very convenient positions for logistics support for boats, placement of communication equipment and intelligence equipment.
Therefore, ensuring constant patrolling of this zone is now one of the priority tasks of the sailors and pilots of the Black Sea Fleet - after all, if they gain a foothold there, then it will be a stone’s throw from these gas control centers to Crimea .
#Rybar:
https://t.me/rybar/51781
Rybar:
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Missile strike of Ukrainian air forces on Sevastopol
At around 3 a.m. on September 13 , Su-24M bombers of the Ukrainian Air Force launched ten Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles at Sevastopol .
Five Su-24M took off from the Starokonstantinov airbase in the Khmelnitsky region. Four reached the missile launch line over the Nikolaev and Kherson regions, and one carried out an attack from the direction of Zmeiny Island .
Units of the 31st Air Force and Air Defense Division shot down seven targets: five by the Pantsir-S1 air defense system, one by the S-400 division, and the seventh missile by the MiG-31 fighter.
Unfortunately, three Storm Shadow missiles reached their target: the landing ship Minsk and the submarine Rostov-on-Don , which were in dry dock, received varying degrees of damage.
❗️We would like to pay special attention to the presence of “colorful” footage of arrivals from different angles, which will no doubt be used by Ukrainian structures to generate reports on the effectiveness of ongoing attacks, since they simplify the collection of information for the enemy.
After a long break, cruise missile attacks on Crimea have resumed. With a very high degree of probability, raids will continue in the coming days (and not only in Sevastopol).
In a recent analysis , we said that massive attacks on the Crimean Bridge should be expected in the coming week (we are not hinting at anything, but the Kiev Chabadniks will soon celebrate the New Year, and this public really loves such symbolism).
As for today's attack, it looks like a rehearsal (timed, moreover, to coincide with the beginning of the battle for Sevastopol in 1854).
#Rybar (https://t.me/rybar/51844)
How the US strives for “peace” in the Taiwan Strait
American bases, including new ones in the Asia-Pacific region, directed against China - from the Taiwan Defense Ministry report for 2023
#source (https://t.me/china3army/24130)
🇩🇪🇺🇦🇷🇺 Germany transferred another 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles with ammunition to Ukraine.
@vorposte
#source (https://t.me/vorposte/45964)
The new Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Umerov, calls for the use of 16-year-olds in the army.
The reasons are obvious - the mobilization potential has sharply decreased, the usual categories are close to exhaustion - hence the increased attention to the disabled, women and children who have yet to be minced meat.
Zin Note: That's truly a sign of a successful counteroffensive...
#source (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/97376)
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (13 September 2023)
Part I
▫️In Donetsk direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/30429) units of the Yug Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery, have repelled eight attacks by assault groups of 80th airborne assault, 3rd assault, 59th motorised infantry and 110th mechanised brigades of the AFU close to Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Pervomaiskoye, and Krasnogorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️The enemy losses were up to 140 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and one Msta-B howitzer.
▫️In addition, one ammunition depot of the AFU 79th Airborne Assault Brigade has been destroyed near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️In South Donetsk direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/30430) as a result of coordinated actions by units of the Vostok Group of Forces, supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems, two attacks by assault groups of 38th and 36th brigades of the AFU Marines have been repelled close to Novomayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
▫️The enemy losses were up to 235 servicemen killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, as well as one electronic warfare station.
▫️In Zaporozhye direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/30431) units of the Russian grouping of troops, aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems have repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the AFU near Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
▫️In addition, enemy manpower and hardware of 47th mechanised, 48th airmobile, and 82nd airborne assault brigades of the AFU have been hit near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
▫️The enemy losses were over 205 servicemen, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
▫️During the counter-battery warfare, U.S.-manufactured M777 and M119 howitzers, four D-30 guns, one D-20 gun, and one Msta-B howitzer have been hit.
▫️In Krasny Liman direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/30432) as a result of competent actions of units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Ground-Attack and Army aviation, and artillery, two attacks by assault groups of the 21st Mechanised Brigade and the 12th Azov Special Operations Brigade have been repelled east of Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
▫️The enemy losses were up to 65 servicemen and two armoured fighting vehicles.
Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (13 September 2023)
Part II
▫️In Kupyansk direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/30433) the attacks, launched by aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of the AFU manpower and hardware close to Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Olshana and Kotlyarovka (Kharkov region).
▫️The enemy losses were up to 85 servicemen, two armoured personnel carriers, and two motor vehicles.
▫️In addition, in the course of counter-battery warfare, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one M777 artillery system, and one U.S.-manufactured M109 Paladin howitzer have been destroyed.
▫️One ammunition depot of the AFU 114th Brigade of the Territorial Defence of Ukraine has been destroyed near Glubokoye (Kharkov region).
▫️In Kherson direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/30431) artillery and heavy flamethrower systems have hit one manpower concentration area of the 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Alekseevsky Island.
▫️As a result of the fire attack, over 80 servicemen, two motor vehicles, and one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system have been destroyed.
▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised Ukrainian P-18 and ST-68 radar stations for the detection and tracking of air targets near Lukashevo (Zaporozhye region) and Krutoyarovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), as well as enemy manpower and military hardware in 129 areas.
▫️Air defence facilities have shot down 5 projectiles launched by HIMARS MLRS.
▫️In addition, 37 unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed and suppressed by electronic warfare stations close to Blagodatnoye, Zaitsevo (Donetsk People's Republic), Verkhnekamenka, Novovodyanoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Kardashinka, Sagi (Kherson region), Novogorovka and Tarasovka (Zaporozhye region).
Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
@Slavyangrad
Video from VSUshnik. Treatment of positions of Ukrainian formations with incendiary ammunition in the Artemovsk direction.
#source (https://t.me/ChDambiev/25501)
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Vremevsky section: unsuccessful attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Novodonetskoye and Novomayorskoye
Situation as of 16.00 September 13, 2023
🔻The enemy continues to try to improve the tactical position by attacking forest plantations at the Novodonetskoye - Novomayorskoye line. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repeat their usual actions over and over again: individual infantry fighting vehicles and armored fighting vehicles bring assault groups of 10-20 people to the line of combat contact, who are trying to gain a foothold in new positions.
Since the morning, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out four similar attacks, which were unsuccessful.
The Russian Armed Forces quickly manage to detect enemy movements as they approach, cover the Armed Forces personnel and equipment with artillery, forcing the Ukrainian formations to retreat.
🔻Two surges from Levadny in the direction of Priyutny were reflected. In the forest plantations near the populated area, the enemy has been accumulating manpower and armored vehicles in recent weeks. Nevertheless, Russian units regularly identify strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and strike them with artillery.
📌 The Ukrainian command, obviously, does not yet plan to abandon further offensive in the Vremevsky sector. However, after changing the direction of attack from Staromlynovka to Novomayorskoye and the lack of success in conducting “meat assaults,” the 18th battalion of the 35th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost partial combat capability. Additional forces are regularly transferred to the Prechistovka area to replenish Ukrainian units, which also become a tasty target for Russian artillery.
#Rybar (https://t.me/rybar/51859)
@Slavyangrad
Ukraine has received several daggers in the back from Eastern Europe
According to a number of signs, a "second front," at least a diplomatic one, may soon open up in western Ukraine. Eastern Europe has consistently opposed the expansion of supplies of Ukrainian agro-products - and is hardening its stance.
🇭🇺 Hungary said that it had agreed with Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria not only to extend the embargo on Ukrainian agricultural products after September 15, but also to expand its list of products "depending on the situation".
🇵🇱 In Poland, the ruling PiS party vowed (in connection with the elections) that it would ban the export of Ukrainian grain in any case, no matter what Brussels decides on the matter.
🇷🇴 Romania banned Kiev from deepening the Danube Canal near Bystroe and warned Ukrainians about the consequences of such attempts.
It should be noted that Ukraine needs the Bystroe canal to bypass the Romanian control zone, thus saving on pilotage and other payments. Bucharest does not want to lose money and allows Kiev to use only the Sulina channel under its control.
▪️ The worse Kiev's relations with the easternmost capitals of the West are, the better it is for Russia. But don't lean too heavily on this "grain" conflict. If only because the new EU members do not have much more subjectivity than Ukraine itself. It is just that sometimes their power tops manage to lurch between Washington and Brussels, ostensibly in the interests of their constituents.
Immediately after the elections, the Poles will be best friends with Kiev again. Bulgaria and Romania will not go beyond the limits outlined for them in the United States. And Hungary, with all due respect, does not have enough resources to push through the idea of a pragmatic dialog with Russia at least at the level of "common neighbors with Ukraine". At least not without Austria- A financial center that really doesn't want to lose touch with Russia. Hello, raiffeisen bank
This reminds me of something...
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/62980
@Slavyangrad
The large landing ship "Minsk" damaged as a result of a night missile strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the dock of the ship repair plant in Sevastopol.
@vorposte
#source (https://t.me/vorposte/45976?single)
Russia subverted American export controls using its intelligence services and ministry of defense to run illicit networks of people who smuggle key components by exporting them to other countries from which they can be shipped to Russia more easily. In less than a year since the war began, Russia rebuilt trade in critical components by routing them through countries like Armenia and Turkey. U.S. and European regulators have been trying to work together to curb the export of chips to Russia, but have struggled to stop the flow to pass through countries with ties to Moscow.
Western officials also believe Russia is on track to manufacture two million artillery shells a year — double the amount Western intelligence services had initially estimated Russia could manufacture before the war.
As a result of the push, Russia is now producing more ammunition than the United States and Europe. Overall, Kusti Salm, a senior Estonian defense ministry official, estimated that Russia’s current ammunition production is seven times greater than that of the West.
Russia’s production costs are also far lower than the West’s, in part because Moscow is sacrificing safety and quality in its effort to build weapons more cheaply, Mr. Salm said. For instance, it costs a Western country $5,000 to $6,000 to make a 155-millimeter artillery round, whereas it costs Russia about $600 to produce a comparable 152-millimeter artillery shell, he said.
-New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/politics/russia-sanctions-missile-production.html)
@Slavyangrad
Clips of the destroyed tank Challenger 2.
The strike was inflicted by the Kornet missile system. In such a display, the myth of the invincibility of western tanks collapsed.
#source
(https://t.me/vorposte/45970)
Positional battles near Kremennaya: the enemy is trying to improve the tactical position, but is repulsed by the “🅾️brave” group
➖Ukrainian militants still do not have enough strength to cut off the Torsky ledge . Within 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces made a half-hearted attempt to attack with the forces of the battered 21st Brigade. But as soon as everything our guys had flew in her direction, the militants’ already weak impulse completely disappeared. In the neighboring area, militants from the 63rd brigade were supposed to support their “brothers,” but when they saw how our artillery was destroying their neighbors, they did not even move to the starting line.
➖In Serebryansky forestry, success also did not favor the enemy: since the 67th brigade is almost unable to attack due to its moral state, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is driving more motivated neo-Nazis from “Azov” into battle. The latter tried to advance into the forest, hoping to pass unnoticed and capture the nearest trenches in the thicket, but were spotted in time by our observers. After a short fire contact, the enemy abandoned his idea and retreated to the rear.
#source:
https://t.me/btr80/10572
A higher quality satellite image of the affected Black Sea Fleet vessels that night.
Two large entry holes are visible at the sites where the British Storms hit. One in the Project 775 Minsk landing ship , the second in the Project 636.3 Varshavyanka submarine Rostov-on-Don .
#source (https://t.me/milinfolive/106374)
@Slavyangrad
Even if the seriously damaged Varshavyanka miraculously managed to survive being hit by Storm Shadow and it will be possible to restore it, then this procedure may well correspond in duration to the construction of a new submarine .
The 13th shipyard in Sevastopol, even without shelling with hostilities, was famous for its shift of deadlines to the right (delays). Thus, an illustrative example is the diesel-electric submarine B-871 “Alrosa” of Project 877B “Halibut”, which began repairs and modernization in June 2014... and came out of it only 8 years later : in June 2022.
Now, given the presence of significant damage to both the boat itself and its dry dock, there can be no talk of its quick return to service. If it happens at all .
#source (https://t.me/milinfolive/106375)
@Slavyangrad
“We moved underground”: near Maryinka and Avdeevka the Russian army launched an assault.
This was stated by Deputy Minister of Defense A. Malyar.
“If we talk about the east, the situation in Marinka and Avdeevka has worsened. The Russians have increased the number of attacks there,” Malyar also said.
Over the course of a year of almost continuous assaults, these cities were virtually wiped off the face of the earth, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces left, she said.
#source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/53048?single)
Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on September 12
▪️The AFU launched two drone attacks on Rylsk in the Kursk region.
As a result, civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
▪️Ukrainian units continue to attack in the areas of Torsk Outpost and Serebryansk Forest in the Starobilsk direction.
Currently, all attempts are being countered with concentrated artillery strikes.
▪️South of Bahmut, Ukrainian forces are making attempts to advance towards the railway line near Klishchiivka.
Russian forces are currently holding their positions and repelling the enemy's advance.
▪️Russian forces are launching attacks on Ukrainian positions near Krasnohorivka in the Donetsk direction.
Aviation crews are actively supporting the offensive by targeting enemy personnel and equipment.
▪️The AFU continue to terrorize the peaceful population of Donbass.
One person was killed in Donetsk, and at least two others were injured. A pregnant woman was wounded near Yasynyvata.
▪️In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy continues to assault Russian troops' positions between Robotyne and Verbove.
Russian forces are actively engaged in counter-battery combat and are selectively using Lancet systems.
▪️In the Kherson direction, two AFU reconnaissance and sabotage groups have once again landed on Pereyaslavskiy Island.
Russian units are currently attempting to eliminate the Ukrainian landing force.
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Sevastopol. At night, a powerful strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with 10 (!) cruise missiles hit the ship repair plant of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. 3 missiles reached the target. They write that two ships undergoing repairs were damaged.
We must understand that this blow was actually inflicted not by Ukraine, but by Britain or France. Their missiles, their reconnaissance, their guidance. Formally, Ukraine is attacking Sevastopol, but in fact, just like 150 years ago, Britain and France are attacking Sevastopol.
Russia will still have to fight not only with Ukraine. At night, a drone was shot down in the Konakovsky district of the Tver region of the Russian Federation.
The target could have been the Redkinsky chemical plant located there; the debris allegedly fell on its territory.
The plant produces rocket fuel - heptyl.
https://t.me/mardanaka/16152
Telegram channel "Ramzai": Today's missile attack on Sevastopol, unfortunately, was long predicted and obvious.
As reserves of cruise missiles accumulate, the density of such salvoes will only increase. Obviously, with a high salvo density, some of the missiles will reach their targets, “overloading” the air defense system. Actually, this is what happened with today’s attack on the Sevastopol shipbuilding plant, when, having fired its ammunition, the air defense system covering this sector simply left the battle to reload and the remaining missiles flew to their targets. Today’s strike could not have happened without the participation of NATO reconnaissance assets, which “felt” for the most promising breakthrough “window” for the strike. And the effectiveness of the air defense covering the Sevastopol Bay at 70% cannot be called satisfactory. 30% of the missiles that broke through to the targets is an unacceptably high percentage, which actually guarantees the enemy the success of the strike.
https://t.me/ramzayiegokomanda/4564
Everything is written correctly, but no air defense can completely protect either Sevastopol or Moscow. Therefore, it is necessary not to strengthen air defense, but to destroy the source of the threat - Ukraine.
Britain and the USA are leading the world straight towards nuclear war.
British cruise missiles were used in significant Ukrainian attack on Russian submarine
The UK gave Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine's armed forces earlier in the year. They are able to be fired by Ukrainian aircraft, with a range of more than 150 miles.
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-strikes-russian-submarine-and-landing-ship-in-audacious-assault-on-crimea-naval-base-12960336
